Word Meanings - LASTAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. 2. A tax on wares sold by the last. Cowell. 3. The lading of a ship; also, ballast. Spelman. 4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Related words: (words related to LASTAGE)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• STOW
  1. To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden.
• STOWCE
  A windlass. A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
• WHEREIN
  1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet
• LADY'S TRACES; LADIES' TRESSES; LADIES TRESSES
  A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• WHEREVER
  At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• LADY-KILLING
  The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing. Thackeray.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• LADY'S LACES
  A slender climbing plant; dodder.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• LADYSHIP
  The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your.) Your ladyship shall observe their gravity. B. Jonson.
• WHERETO
  1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.
• RIGHT
  1. In a right manner. 2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth
• MARKETSTEAD
  A market place. Drayton.
• WHEREAS
  1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that;
• EXACTION
  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
• LADINO
  One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge. Am. Cyc.
• WHERE'ER
  Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.
• BLADY
  Consisting of blades. "Blady grass." Drayton.
• BALLADE
  A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• BELLADONNA
  An herbaceous European plant with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due
• WHER; WHERE
  Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer.
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• MULADA
  A moor. Lockhart.
• DIGLADIATE
  To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently. Digladiating like Æschines and Demosthenes. Hales.
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• VINE-CLAD
  Covered with vines.
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• SLADE
  1. A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground. Drayton. 2. The sole of a plow.